Career summary

-         First Class in Graduate Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from BIT Sindri (1985-89)

-        First Class in Post-Graduation (Masters) Associateship in Information Science Degree, CSIR  (1990-92)

-        Master Educator, de Bono Skills, personally accorded by Dr Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame

-        PhD (Management Science, 2008-14), West Bengal University of Technology, Govt of WB, Kolkata under esteemed regional planning & development expert Prof. Emeritus (Dr.) R.N Chattopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur

-        Research & Development in Informatics as Scientist, CSIR, Ministry of S&T, GoI : 8 years

-        On-site projects in Steel Plants as Engineer, PSUs, GoI : 2.5 years

-        Social development-as-responsibility projects as full-time volunteer with NGOs : 2.5 years

-        Private Higher Educational Leadership, Policy, and Planning under University system:  20 years+

Honors

-        Principal Lead: UKIERI (UK-India Education Research Initiative) Collaborative Development Project grant award (partner Anglia Ruskin University, UK) for Graduate Program development in Vision Science

-        Dr. Edward de Bono Master Educator (Creativity & Innovation): Accorded by Dr. Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame for collaborative work in the areas related to design and development of content and tools for Thinking & Creativity in education. [First such instance]

-        Co-Founder, FyneCube (Limited Company) –Pedagogy development workshops for more than 1000 school and university educators pan India, Content Materials for Schools till Universities, etc.

-        Honorary ex-President and Board Member of a leading NGO ( www.needsngo.in) and recently inducted as Company Director in NEEDS promoted Section 8 (for-profit) green enterprise

-        Outstanding College Award Recipient: Received the Top 20 Outstanding College Award from Ministry of Education, Government of India, for Digital Financial Literacy Campaign Project) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi (Received from Minister of Education and Minister of IT, GoI in 2017)

-        University Affairs: Convener, Courses & Curriculum development for UG, PG and Research programs, Various University committees/ assignments, etc.

-        Chapter Founding Head (Kolkata), Analytics Society of India, DCAL, IIM Bangalore

-        The Economist: Contributor to The EIU on ‘The experience of work in India’ published in 2019

-        Editorial Board, Lattice (a new journal in Data Science from Association of Data Scientists) 

      Recent Publications

1.     Exploring Perceptions and Needs of Mobile Health Interventions for Nutrition, Anemia, and Preeclampsia among Pregnant Women in Underprivileged Indian Communities: A Cross-Sectional Survey" Nutrients 15, no. 17: 3699. [MDPI]  https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-1036.2021.29

2.     Distrust: Big data, data-torturing, and the assault on science. The Social Science Journal. Taylor &   Francis. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2023.2222884

3.     Another Development: Participation, empowerment, and well-being in rural India. The Social Science Journal. Taylor & Francis. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2016.07.001

4.     Emerging Issues and Trends in Education. The Social Science Journal. Taylor & Francis. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1758514

5.     The AI Delusion. The Social Science Journal. Taylor & Francis. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1838218

Other Publications

An Innovative Learner-Centric Framework for Sustainability of Traditional Private Higher Education Institutions post the COVID Pandemic. The Barcelona Conference on Education 2020 Official Conference Proceedings [IAFOR]

https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2435-9467.2020.10

 Gap Design as a New Tool for Learning and Assessment. The IAFOR International Conference on           Education – Hawaii 2021 Official Conference Proceedings

https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2189-1036.2021.29

Krishnendu Sarkar et al., “Development and Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Habitats,” T20 Policy Brief, June 2023. https://t20ind.org/research/development-and-entrepreneurship-for-sustainable-habitats/

 An Holistic Approach to Urbanism as an SDGs Accelerator https://t20ind.org/research/a-holistic-approach-to-urbanism-as-an-sdgs-accelerator/ 

Research Article Reviews (Web of Science) :  

ORCID: 0000-0003-2151-0678

Books

Longman Active Teach Images – Parent’s guide Class 3-8. Pearson.

Public Health Management, Education and System – Indian Subcontinent context (under publication)     

Certifications

Oracle, SQL, Web tech, Data Analysis, Intellectual Property Rights and Management, Six Sigma, etc.

Permanent Residential Address: 62-F, Santosh Roy Road. Barisha. Kolkata 700008. West Bengal. India.